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... Not correct : even in ancient times . § 3. Sword really weakest . Moral force stronger than physical force . § 4. Good government impossible under the Sword . § 5. Persuasion : its power . § 6. Power 44 ESSAYS AND ESSAY WRITING.
... Not correct : even in ancient times . § 3. Sword really weakest . Moral force stronger than physical force . § 4. Good government impossible under the Sword . § 5. Persuasion : its power . § 6. Power 44 ESSAYS AND ESSAY WRITING.
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... ancient times . § 2. But this is not correct : even in ancient times , e.g. the tongue of Ulysses was as much dreaded by the Trojans as the sword of Achilles . § 3. In reality , the Sword is the weakest : e.g. Russia , Turkey , England ...
... ancient times . § 2. But this is not correct : even in ancient times , e.g. the tongue of Ulysses was as much dreaded by the Trojans as the sword of Achilles . § 3. In reality , the Sword is the weakest : e.g. Russia , Turkey , England ...
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... Ancient Rome , " " Horatius , " or the Classical Dictionary . See 1 Samuel , Chap . xvii . See ( e.g. ) Sir Walter Scott's " Ivanhoe , " and Froissart's Chronicles . " If the Conquest did not introduce the trial by wager of battle , it ...
... Ancient Rome , " " Horatius , " or the Classical Dictionary . See 1 Samuel , Chap . xvii . See ( e.g. ) Sir Walter Scott's " Ivanhoe , " and Froissart's Chronicles . " If the Conquest did not introduce the trial by wager of battle , it ...
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... ancient times and their modified importance in modern times are clearly seen when we watch the opening up of a new portance in country . Take , for instance , the Congo Free State.1 modern times- e.g. the Congo . Note I. Ports at the ...
... ancient times and their modified importance in modern times are clearly seen when we watch the opening up of a new portance in country . Take , for instance , the Congo Free State.1 modern times- e.g. the Congo . Note I. Ports at the ...
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... ancient world the Greeks , in the modern world the English , but not the French or the Germans , have each been a com- mercial and colonising nation . The Dweller Inland and on Plains . The character of the dwellers in the interior of ...
... ancient world the Greeks , in the modern world the English , but not the French or the Germans , have each been a com- mercial and colonising nation . The Dweller Inland and on Plains . The character of the dwellers in the interior of ...
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